HERO goalkeeper Willy Gueret last night spoke for the first time about his amazing arrest minutes after clinching promotion with Swansea City.

He rapped, "I've never been arrested before, and I was made to feel like a criminal.

"I had my picture and fingerprints taken and I was put in a police cell for about 15 minutes. I just couldn't believe what was happening."

An angry Gueret was led away in handcuffs from Bury's Gigg Lane ground as he celebrated the 1-0 win that sent the Swans up to League One.

The French goalkeeper was arrested for supposedly shouting foul language at a police officer as he celebrated in the directors' box in front of almost 5,000 jubilant Swans fans.

Gueret was taken to Bury Police Station for questioning and later issued with a public order fixed penalty charge of #80.

Swans boss Kenny Jackett went to collect the 31-year-old keeper before the team made the journey back to South Wales.

Gueret insisted he did nothing wrong - and described how the whole astonishing incident left him feeling deeply upset.

"It was awful - probably the worst hour of my life," he said.

"I've never gone from being very happy to very upset in such a short space of time."

The arrest happened after officers from Greater Manchester Police tried to break up the celebrations of the Swansea players after Saturday's memorable win.

Amid some heated discussions between players and police, Gueret was dragged away in handcuffs in front of stunned

teammates and club officials.

But Gueret said, "The whole thing was stupid. I didn't do anything wrong.

"I was celebrating with Roberto Martinez (club captain) and four or five police officers came and pushed us.

"I said 'Back off' because I was worried they were going to push us down onto the seats and we'd fall over.

"But they thought I'd said something else, they thought I'd sworn at them. They grabbed me back and told me I was being arrested.

"They led me out of the ground and put me in the back of a police van. I tried to find out exactly what I'd done wrong, but no-one would tell me.

"One policeman just repeated that I'd sworn at them, but I hadn't done."

In an amazing end to what had been a wonderful day for the Vetch Field club, the Swans team bus had to go and collect Gueret from the police station so he could travel home with the rest of the squad.

"The bus dropped Kenny off at the station and he came in to get me," said Gueret.

"I'd spent 15 minutes or so sat in the cell feeling very upset.

"When the manager came in he told me to keep quiet and stay calm.

"He said, 'Sometimes you can't win against these people' and he was probably right.

"The manager was very supportive. He understands I'm not the kind of person who goes round doing these things.

"I was given a penalty ticket of #80 which the club will hopefully pay for me.

"It was a horrible experience. Something I hope I never have to go through again."

But Gueret insisted the arrest did not ruin his big day. He said he was in good spirits as he rejoined his teammates for the journey home.

"After coming out of the police station, the first thing I did was go to get some beer and some food," said Gueret.

"My teammates were taking the mickey out of me in the way back, saying things like 'Free Willy' and shouting 'Let him out, let him out.'

"We had the radio on and we sang some songs. I managed to laugh about what had happened.

"When we got back to Swansea on Saturday evening, I went out with the players to celebrate the promotion.

"It was a wonderful achievement for the club and I wasn't going to let what happened to me spoil anything.."

Gueret, who joined the club from Millwall last summer and has been one of the stars of the campaign, had played a key role in Swansea's win before his afternoon ended on a sour note.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police explained officers tried to escort the Swans players from the directors' box because of safety concerns.

"Following the conclusion of the match, a pitch invasion took place involving approximately 3,000 fans," he said. "Players from the Swansea team appeared in the directors' box, which caused fans to surge towards this area of the ground.

"Due to safety concerns, stewards and police took steps to remove the Swansea players from the box and escort them to the dressing room."

Some Swans fans threw coins at police officers who tried to clear them from the pitch and several arrests were made.

The police spokesman said a total of nine arrests were made at the match.